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Gotcha. Whisperings of a successor to Honda’s much-missed NSX have been bouncing round for far, far too long, but the concept model for the Japanese firm’s next sports car was finally unveiled at Detroit.

And it’s a pretty serious lump of metal. Low-slung, muscular and genuinely futuristic in appearance, the Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, as it’s being called, was one of the biggest draws at the show.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the position of the concept’s engine. The V10 is front-mounted, breaking with the tradition of mid-mounted NSXs.

Thankfully it’s still rear wheel-driven, and although there’s no word on performance, we’ll happily file it into our ‘absurdly quick’ cabinet.

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